I have to think big

Her motto

In an interview with the Sunday Magazine, she said scientists with abundant resources have a responsibility to share these important tools with their colleagues in the developing world. This is because great tools helps a lot in promoting innovation.

"At institutions in the US, the laboratory hallways are full of old but usable scientific equipment that had been placed there when researchers upgraded to new models or simply cleaned house." she says.

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She adds: "I knew that these tools and supplies could be a vital life-line for scientists n the developing nations who had in many cases gotten educations at top universities in America, Europe or Japan, and who had returned to their homelands to do work on research vital to themselves and their communities."

Asked what advice or quote do she keeps close to heart as a social change leader she said: "About three years ago, someone gave me a business card on which was printed: ‘Do one thing every day that scares you.’ I have kept it in my wallet ever since, and those words have often been the final thing that propelled me over my hesitations."